Financial Comparison: Conagra Brands (NYSE:CAG) & Above Food Ingredients (NASDAQ:ABVE)

Conagra Brands (NYSE:CAG) and Above Food Ingredients (NASDAQ:ABVE) are both consumer staples companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, valuation, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, earnings, risk and dividends.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent recommendations and price targets for Conagra Brands and Above Food Ingredients, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Conagra Brands	5	12	1	0	1.78
Above Food Ingredients	0	0	0	0	0.00

Conagra Brands currently has a consensus price target of $15.80, indicating a potential upside of 12.09%. Given Conagra Brands’ stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Conagra Brands is more favorable than Above Food Ingredients.

Profitability

This table compares Conagra Brands and Above Food Ingredients’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Conagra Brands	-0.39%	10.15%	4.28%
Above Food Ingredients	N/A	N/A	N/A

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Conagra Brands and Above Food Ingredients”s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Conagra Brands	$11.61 billion	0.58	$1.15 billion	($0.10)	-140.96
Above Food Ingredients	$273.06 million	0.10	-$39.49 million	N/A	N/A

Conagra Brands has higher revenue and earnings than Above Food Ingredients.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

83.8% of Conagra Brands shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 28.8% of Above Food Ingredients shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.6% of Conagra Brands shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 64.5% of Above Food Ingredients shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Conagra Brands beats Above Food Ingredients on 9 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Conagra Brands

Conagra Brands, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, operates as a consumer packaged goods food company primarily in the United States. The company operates through Grocery & Snacks, Refrigerated & Frozen, International, and Foodservice segments. The Grocery & Snacks segment primarily offers shelf stable food products through various retail channels. The Refrigerated & Frozen segment provides temperature-controlled food products through various retail channels. The International segment offers food products in various temperature states through retail and foodservice channels outside of the United States. The Foodservice segment offers branded and customized food products, including meals, entrees, sauces, and various custom-manufactured culinary products packaged for restaurants and other foodservice establishments. The company sells its products under the Birds Eye, Marie Callender's, Duncan Hines, Healthy Choice, Slim Jim, Reddi-wip, Angie's, BOOMCHICKAPOP, Duke's, Earth Balance, Gardein, and Frontera brands. The company was incorporated in 1919 and is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.

About Above Food Ingredients

Above Food Ingredients Inc., a regenerative ingredient company, produces vertically integrated supply chain products in Canada, the United States, Mexico, China, France, Turkey, and internationally. It operates through two segments: Disruptive Agriculture and Rudimentary Ingredients, and Consumer Packaged Goods. The Disruptive Agriculture and Rudimentary Ingredients segment engages in the provisioning of discrete genetics, origination, purchasing, grading, processing, and sale of regeneratively grown grain; and origination, purchase, and sale of bespoke ingredients products. The Consumer Packaged Goods segment formulates, manufactures, sells, distributes, and markets proprietary consumer product formulations in owned brands; and focuses on manufacturing and distribution for private-labeled retail owned brands. Above Food Ingredients Inc. is based in Regina, Canada.